Below is part of a newspaper article about Robby Chon (1986) a SF Police Officer who on Thanksgiving was just doing his job !! He is a Pacific High Alumni who attended Pacific in 1986 and then graduated from SL. Robby is fighting for his life and he needs are prayers... Sue
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO — A veteran South San Francisco police officer is in critical condition after he was hit in the head with a skateboard by a fleeing suspect Thanksgiving afternoon, according to police.
Officer Robby Chon, a 12-year department veteran who is married with two young children, underwent emergency surgery for “traumatic head injuries” at a San Francisco hospital Thursday and is being closely monitored, police Chief Jeff Azzopardi said.
Police did not take any questions after statements by Azzopardi and Mayor Mark Addiego. A GoFundMe page has been created by Chon’s police colleagues to support him and his family.
Chon was on patrol riding a police motorcycle in the 300 block of Grand Avenue around 2:20 p.m. when someone waved him down and told him a man was causing a disturbance at a nearby business. Witnesses said the man appeared addled and was either urinating or trying to urinate on the sidewalk.
“Several patrons reported the subject acting aggressively and irrationally,” Azzopardi said. “He immediately became confrontational.”
if ( "undefined" !== typeof googletag ) { googletag.cmd.push( function() { googletag.display("div-gpt-ad-Cube_Article"); } ); }The man did not obey Chon’s directions, and the officer called for backup. As a second officer arrived on scene, the man took off on a skateboard, and Chon ran after him.
At some point during the short chase, the man “turned on the officer and intentionally struck him in the head with a skateboard, knocking him unconscious,” Azzopardi said.
Soon afterward, the second officer caught and arrested the man, identified as Luis Alberto Ramos-Coreas, a 28-year-old South San Francisco resident.
Azzopardi said Ramos-Coreas “has a lengthy history of criminal contacts with the South San Francisco Police Department that include several acts of violence.”
Ramos-Coreas has been booked into San Mateo County Jail on suspicion of attempted murder.
At the scene, other arriving officers and emergency personnel tended to their injured colleague, who witnesses said was lying in the street and bleeding profusely from his head.